From Chacmool at ucalgary.ca Wed Mar 7 17:17:50 2012 From: Chacmool at ucalgary.ca (Chacmool Archaeology Association) Date: Wed Mar 7 17:19:06 2012 Subject: [Chacmool-l] Chacmool/GASA Wine & Beer Night Message-ID: <79379a565c8034dfa64d4d326b814484.squirrel@webmail.ucalgary.ca> Hello Chacmoolians, A joint event with Chacmool and GASA (that would be our graduate student equivalent, for those not in the know) is in the works for next Friday, March 16th, and you are all invited! Alcohol will be provided, and while we can't quite make it free, we can make it cheap, and we can offer free food. So come down to ES 859 from 4:00 - 7:00 PM and join fellow students (graduate and undergrad alike), professors, staff, and fellow Chacmoolians (we get our own title) for a relaxed evening of fun to ease the semester's stresses. And did we mention there will be an atlatl auction? Yes, there will be an atlatl auction. You know you need another atlatl. (and if you don't have one... for shame) See you there! CHACMOOL From Chacmool at ucalgary.ca Sun Mar 11 12:43:57 2012 From: Chacmool at ucalgary.ca (Chacmool Archaeology Association) Date: Sun Mar 11 12:44:24 2012 Subject: [Chacmool-l] March 11, 2012 Message-ID: <2317f73864d51c359e8fbd8a5b4edcf4.squirrel@webmail.ucalgary.ca> Greetings fellow Chacmoolians, We have much and more to tell you this week, as there are a plethora of great events and opportunities coming up quickly. So without further ado: 1. Chacmool/GASA Party 2. Career Fair 3. Noon Hour Lectures 4. Student Activities Fund 5. Canadian Archaeology Association Student Committee Events 6. TERA Job Opportunities 7. Chacmool Executive Elections 8. Celebratory Party 9. Greek & Roman Studies Scholarship 10. Co-Curricular Record Newsletter 1. This coming Friday (March 16) will be host to a joint Chacmool/GASA party to celebrate the upcoming St. Patrick?s Day. All Chacmool members and friends are invited to drop by ES 859 from 4:00 ? 7:00 PM and partake in beer, wine, and tasty snackfoods amongst fellow archaeologists from around the department, including undergrads, graduate students, and faculty members. Food and entry are free, and we?ll do our best to keep the prices on drinks as low as we can. 2. On Saturday, March 31, we will be holding the annual Chacmool Career Fair in ES 859. So get those resumes and CVs all polished up and come by from 10:00 AM ? 2:00 PM to meet with representatives of some of the very best in Alberta CRM companies. Try to make it on time if you can, as each company will give a brief introduction/talk at the onset of the event, followed by time to mill around, see what?s what in the industry, and get your name and resumes out there. Snacks and coffee will be provided. 3. The Noon Hour Lectures continue this week with our very own Dr. Karthryn Reese-Taylor?s talk titled: ?The Origins of Maya Kingship During The Middle Preclassic Period?. Come by on Wednesday, March 14th at noon and learn something new and fascinating about Mesoamerican archaeology. For those interested in reading a bit more, or just in keeping track as to who?s up next in the Noon Hour Lecture Series, visit http://arky.ucalgary.ca/home/events. 4. For those who might be a bit strapped for cash in the dense financial jungle that is academia, a hope is in sight: The Student Activities Fund is a new collaboration between the Students' Union Quality Money program and the University of Calgary. The fund will disperse up to $65,000 every year to qualifying undergraduate and graduate students. There are two application periods remaining in 2012, with deadlines of April 1 and Oct. 19. For more information, please visit: http://www.ucalgary.ca/leadership/saf. 5. The student committee of the Canadian Archaeological Association (CAA) has a number of events which it wishes to share with any interested archaeology students: ?I) The call for papers for the 2012 CAA conference has been released and the details are available at the conference website (http://canadianarchaeology.com/caa/annual-meeting/montreal-2012). The conference will be held from May 16-20th, 2012, and several interesting sessions have already been suggested. In past years (and there is no expected changes for the upcoming conference) the CAA has provided financial assistance for travel for student members who are presenting a paper or poster. This funding is applied for after the conference, and has generally covered most of, if not the entirety of, the cost to travel to the conference. The student committee is trying to organize professional development events for students during the conference. Last year's publishing workshop was well attended and we are currently developing a similar workshop for the upcoming conference. II) The CAA also has the Daniel Weetaluktuk Award. There are two $250.00 prizes for the best undergraduate and graduate paper submitted. More details are available at the website (canadianarchaeology.com/caa/annual-meeting/montreal-2012). In the past there has been limited entries for this award, so it a great opportunity for students. III) We are trying to create a better working relationship with student organizations from across Canada. We are developing several ideas, but are also looking for input from students and student organizations. If you have suggestions or projects that you'd like to see the CAA student committee to become involved with please feel free to pass them on. We would also love to hear about the events that your club holds. This can help us generate ideas or pass your information on to other university clubs.? 6. Although the Chacmool Career Fair is fast approaching, we understand that there might be some of you eager to get that extra step in early. Well good news! TERA has announced some job opening for archaeologists for summer field assistants, TEK facilitators, and a Heritage Resources Admin Assistant. TERA?s website is www.teraenv.com, and anyone interested in further information is asked to contact Brett Watson at bkwatson81@gmail.com. 7. All good things must come to an end. Which is my way of saying that the tyrannical rule of this year?s Chacmool Executive Committee is running its course, and it will soon be time for elections to see who gets the nice comfy office for next year. 4 positions will be available: President, Vice President, Treasurer, and Events Coordinator. Information will be posted both online and around the ARKY department detailing each position?s responsibilities and expectations, and a sign-up sheet will magically appear outside our office (ES 826) on March 16th for anyone interested in running for election. The sign-up sheets will be up until March 30th, and voting will be held from March 31st to April 5th. Feel free to drop by the Chacmool office during office hours if you have any questions or concerns. 8. To help welcome in our newly elected overlords (whomever they should be), we will be holding a Beer and Nachos celebration party on April 5th at the Den. Everyone is invited, whether your won the election, came a narrow second, or didn?t bother to run at all. The first round of drinks and snacks for club members are on us! 9. From the faculty of Greek and Roman Studies comes news of the Wigham Family Scholarship: ?The Wigham Family Scholarship in conjunction with the Humphrey-McLeod Award, is awarded to a student planning a period of overseas study or field-work in the Mediterranean or Europe, normally in the Spring/Summer Term, and can be used to defray associated travel expenses.? For those whose curiosity has been piqued, I have attached the poster to this email. 10. The good people at the Officer of Leadership and Student Engagement have created a brief newsletter detailing information about the Co-Curricular Record, which has been attached to this email for those interested. It includes important dates and website info for forms and FAQs, so it is definitely worth a quick glance. It?s pretty short, so it won?t take much time, and it?s well worth it. That?s all for this week, CHACMOOL ARCHAEOLOGY ASSOCIATION -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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So don't delay, sign up ASAP, as there may not be room for those who wait too long. CHACMOOL ARCHAEOLOGY ASSOCIATION From Chacmool at ucalgary.ca Sun Mar 18 18:42:24 2012 From: Chacmool at ucalgary.ca (Chacmool Archaeology Association) Date: Sun Mar 18 18:42:46 2012 Subject: [Chacmool-l] March 18, 2012 Message-ID: Greetings Chacmoolians, This episode, on the Chacmool Archaeology Show: 1. Noon Hour Lecture: Lance Evans 2. Career Fair 3. Executive Elections 1. This week?s Noon Hour Lecture will be Lance Evans? talk on ?The Cluny Site ? Results of the 2011 Field Season?. Come by ES 859 on Wednesday, March 21st at noon and learn more about the ongoing research for this singularly fascinating site on our very own Canadian Plains. For those of you who are planning on taking the field school course (either 306 or 506) then this is an absolutely ideal time to learn about just what all the talk is about. For more information about this talk and more to come, keep a close eye on http://arky.ucalgary.ca/home/events. 2. A brief reminder that the Chacmool Career Fair is coming, so take a couple of hours and polish that resume of yours for March 31st. The event will begin at 10:00 AM on the Saturday morning, and will run until 2:00 PM. Please try to make it on time as the opening hour of the event will be introductions and information from the CRM companies in the form of brief presentations, followed by time to mingle and talk to the representatives from the industry. We highly recommend you bring an up-to-date resume/CV. For those of you who feel that theirs needs work, the University Career Services offers counseling and workshops for resumes, and they?re definitely worth looking into. 3. Elections for the Chacmool Executive Positions have officially begun! Sign-up sheets will appear shortly outside the Chacmool Office (ES 826) which will include information about the positions. Those interested are asked to write their names and a brief (no more than 100 words) discussion about themselves and why they think they are fit for the position. For those of you who aren?t able to drop by the office can email their name and discussion in plain text (again, no more than 100 words) and we will print the information off and attach it to the sign-up sheets. The sheets will be up until March 30th, and voting will occur from March 31st until April 5th. Feel free to come by our office during office hours, or fire us off an email with any questions or concerns. Until next time, CHACMOOL ARCHAEOLOGY ASSOCIATION From Chacmool at ucalgary.ca Sun Mar 25 13:26:51 2012 From: Chacmool at ucalgary.ca (Chacmool Archaeology Association) Date: Sun Mar 25 13:27:06 2012 Subject: [Chacmool-l] March 25, 2012 Message-ID: Hail, all! 1. Career Fair 2. Noon Hour Lectures 3. Chacmool Executive Elections 4. Celebratory Party 5. Field School Opportunity 6. No Office Hours Wednesday (March 28th) 1. On Saturday, March 31, we will be holding the annual Chacmool Career Fair in ES 859. So get those resumes and CVs all polished up and come by from 10:00 AM ? 2:00 PM to meet with representatives of some of the very best in Alberta CRM companies. Try to make it on time if you can, as each company will give a brief introduction/talk at the onset of the event, followed by time to mill around, see what?s what in the industry, and get your name and resumes out there. Snacks and coffee will be provided. 2. The Noon Hour Lectures continue this week with Tyler Murchie?s ?Let's Get Down to the Point: Discerning Morphological Variability in Projectile Point on the Northern Plains?. The esteemed Dr (pending) Murchie is, in fact, our very own undergraduate Vice President for the Chacmool Club, and will be thrilling audiences with his world renowned (read: club office renowned) entertainment about projectile points from the Canadian Plains. So buy a bag of popcorn, bring the kids, and prepare yourself for a thrill the likes of which you have never beheld! 3. The Chacmool Executive Elections continue, and there is still a full week to sign up for any of the four positions. If you think you can make a difference then drop by outside our office (ES 826) and do your part to make Chacmool that much better. Or, if your schedule doesn?t permit such a trip, then just email us a brief (ie: under 100 words) description about yourself and why you think you would be well suited to the position you?re running for, and we?ll print it up for you. 4. To help welcome in our newly elected overlords (whomever they should be), we will be holding a Beer and Nachos celebration party on April 5th at the Den. Everyone is invited, whether your won the election, came a narrow second, or didn?t bother to run at all. The first round of drinks and snacks for club members are on us! 5. The Department of Anthropology at Lakehead University will be running an archaeological field school this spring/summer. Rather than attempt to summarize the course myself, a description has been attached to this email which contains the what, where, how, etc., including prerequisites and just what exciting opportunities await. 6. There will be no office hours held this Wednesday, March 28th, as all Chacmool executives will be in ES 859 for the much-anticipated roller-coaster-of-a-talk from Tyler Murchie. Don?t miss this fantastic opportunity to see what all the hype is about! That?s all for this week, CHACMOOL ARCHAEOLOGY ASSOCIATION -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: 2012 Archaeological Field School.docx Type: application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.documen t Size: 18645 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://mailman.ucalgary.ca/pipermail/chacmool-l/attachments/20120325/d3f98d46/2012ArchaeologicalFieldSchool.bin